New reality caused by pandemic means a move away is unlikely and with the arrival of Bruno Fernandes the future looks much brighter for United
Last summer, as Manchester United toured Japan, Paul Pogba was openly talking about seeking “a new challenge somewhere else”.

New images have been released by the Normandy Memorial Trust as part of the D-Day 76th Anniversary (Picture: Normandy Memorial Trust via Getty Images)Work has resumed on a new memorial to the British troops who died at the Battle of Normandy after construction was halted earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
More than 70 World War II veterans had been due to travel over to Ver-sur-Mer to visit the £20 million British Normandy Memorial to mark the 76th anniversary on Saturday.
The memorial was due to be completed in September, but that date has been pushed back until summer 2021.
Lord Peter Ricketts, chairman of trustees at the Normandy Memorial Trust, told the BBC the trust understands ‘how much the veterans and their families were looking forward to visiting the site around the time of the D-Day anniversary to see the memorial taking shape’, but said construction was pressing forward ‘despite all the obstacles’.
Owing to the coronavirus outbreak a previously arranged visit by more than 70 Normandy Veterans was cancelled and construction on the site temporarily suspended (Picture: Normandy Memorial Trust via Getty Images)The trust has released a series of photos showing the resumed work as part of a construction update.
They show craftsmen carving the words of Winston Churchill’s speech, including the words ‘we shall fight on the beaches’.
The memorial’s polished stone columns are also engraved with the names of the 22,442 men and women under British command who lost their lives in the D-Day landings and subsequent battle.
Each of the other major allied nations has their own memorial on French soil, but there has never been a British one until now.
Craftsmen were pictured carving the words of Winston Churchill’s famous ‘We Will Fight on the Beaches’ into the polished columns (Picture: Normandy Memorial Trust via Getty Images)
They are also engraved with the names of the 22,442 men and women

Self-catering accommodation and campsites in England are set to reopen on 4 July, but will this be the summer we ‘rediscover’ our countryside or one remembered for ‘Go Home’ signs?
On 4 July caravan and campsites and self-catering accommodation are expected to reopen in England, an announcement that has brought sighs of relief from many, and a shudder of fear to some.

As protests rage throughout the United States, this week’s biggest moves in crypto law were behind the scenes.
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A lockdown spring is giving way to a protest summer in the US, and this will be an especially US-focused edition of Law Decoded.

Government wants landlords to ‘exhaust all options’ to avoid court action once ban is lifted
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The government has extended its ban on evictions by a further two months, prolonging the breathing space for thousands of tenants who have struggled to pay the rent during lockdown.
“Eviction hearings will not be heard in courts until the end of August and no one will be evicted from their home this summer due to coronavirus,” the housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, tweeted on Friday evening.

After being postponed several weeks ago, Summer Games Done Quick 2020 will now be an online-only event when it takes place in its new August time slot.
The annual week-long fundraising event traditionally takes place earlier in the summer, but was pushed back to August earlier this year as the effects of COVID-19 became widely apparent.

Campaigners threaten legal action, saying 1.3m children in England at risk of holiday hunger
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Campaigners have threatened to take the government to court over its decision not to extend its free school meals voucher system for low-income families over the summer holiday period.
The national voucher scheme, which is worth £15 a week to recipients, was introduced in March to help poorer families feed their children when schools were closed under lockdown measures.

International wipeout would have ‘catastrophic impact’
Six Nations could be moved; autumn tours abandoned
England’s leading players face the increasing prospect of wage cuts and summer rugby as the sport battles to avoid financial meltdown because of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Rugby Football Union also confirmed it is open to shifting the Six Nations championship from its traditional slot in the calendar and remains hopeful of crowds being able to attend England games this autumn.

Former England opener left off list of BBC commentators
Isa Guha to present BBC Two highlights show with Alastair Cook
Geoffrey Boycott appears to have commentated on his last match for BBC Test Match Special after the corporation announced its lineup of on-air talent for the summer and omitted the former England batsman.
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Chelsea close to sealing five-year deal for forward
Liverpool linked with Werner but have not made a bid
Chelsea are close to buying Timo Werner after holding productive talks with the RB Leipzig forward, who is set to disappoint Liverpool by moving to Stamford Bridge for £53m.
Frank Lampard has been keen to reshape his attack since becoming Chelsea’s manager last summer and has pushed for the signing of Werner, whose £53m release clause expires on 15 June. Although the club still have to conclude negotiations with Leipzig, they have offered the striker a five-year deal.

Atomic Loans, a provider of non-custodial bitcoin (BTC)-backed loans, has had a “great start” with their borrowing service, while the lending side of the protocol is expected to go live on mainnet in two months, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Matthew Black told Cryptonews.com.
The Atomic Loans protocol enables a two-sided marketplace for BTC-backed

(Bloomberg) -- The US is developing a test that can check for seasonal influenza and Covid-19 infections at the same time, a tool that could help health authorities more efficiently determine whether there is a second wave of coronavirus.Iran reported its highest number of daily cases, while Mexico and Brazil each had a record increase in deaths.The European Central Bank intensified its response to the coronavirus recession with a bigger-than-anticipated increase to its emergency bond-buying program, and data showed Americans are still filing for unemployment benefits even as businesses reopen.China will ease its ban on foreign airlines from June 8 and lessen quarantine requirements for official and business travelers, while Japan debated scaling back next year’s Summer Olympics.Key Developments:Virus Tracker: Cases pass 6.5 million; deaths exceed 386,000Swedish faith in country’s Covid-19 strategy sinksRoche gets emergency approval for test for severe casesUK minister’s virus test sets Up tracing challenge for JohnsonMerkel stimulus seals German shift from frugality to largessSubscribe to a daily update on the virus from Bloomberg’s Prognosis team here.

Children’s commissioner concerned that by September millions of students will have missed six months of school
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Pressure is mounting on the government to draw up plans for catch-up summer schools amid warnings that millions of pupils in England will face increasing distractions from home learning as lockdown measures are eased and shops reopen.
The children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, said headteachers were worried that some of their disadvantaged pupils would struggle to ever get back into doing school work after such prolonged closures, because the leap required would be so big.

Amazon first started showing live Premier League football matches in the UK last year and will do so again this summer, but because of restrictions imposed by the ongoing coronavirus crisis, it’s announced that it’ll also be showing additional fixtur...

Italy reopens to travellers from Europe on Wednesday, three months after the country went into coronavirus lockdown, with all hopes pinned on reviving the key tourism industry as the summer season begins.

Post stay-at-home tracksuit, meet-ups with friends in the great outdoors are best done in ditsy florals and gingham – signifying safe and wholesome fun
So we have a new dress code: a picnic with an exclusive six-person guest list.

Is there anything better than munching on corn on the cob while enjoying a long, warm sunset? The sweet, starchy, flavorful taste of corn is basically summer in a nutshell (or a corn husk, as it were).

The San Francisco nonprofit Real Options for City Kids, or ROCK, has done some thoughtful problem-solving to help kids who have been cooped up during the pandemic, get a summer camp experience, even if it's not in the traditional form.